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01-Feb-2013
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordions Worldwide Weekly News for the week ending February 5th 1999 included a report of a concert with a difference given by Russian accordionist Vladimir Ushakov in St Petersburg, on the deck of a frigate, in freezing temperatures, playing English sea shanties. We would bet that Vladimir has vivid memories of this particular gig! FREEZING SEA SHANTIES - RUSSIA Contributed by Tatiana Lanchtchikova On January 29th accordionist Vladimir Ushakov performed an evening of English traditional sea shanties. This event was organized by the ‘Shtandard’ Club and the General Consulate of the UK. The ‘Shtandard’ Club are involved with historical restoration including the first frigate, which was built by Peter I and the ‘Peter's Admiralty’ historical area in St Petersburg. Over one hundred people gathered on the frigate deck, in freezing temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius to sing and dance to traditional English sea shanties. Among the audience were club members, representatives of the UK, Holland and Norway Consulates, and foreign tourists. |